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Burma’s ethnic clashes leave 90,000 in need of food, says UN

The UN food agency says 90,000 people who have fled ethnic violence in Burma are in need of aid.

A Rohingya Muslim from Burma, who tried to cross the Naf river into Bangladesh to escape sectarian violence, cries in a Bangladeshi Coast guard station in Teknaf on June 19, before being sent back to Burma. (MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)

Tues., June 19, 2012

GENEVA—The UN food agency says 90,000 people who have fled ethnic violence in Burma are in need of aid.

The World Food Program says it has distributed emergency food supplies to 66,000 people in the past week and is now moving additional stocks to the western Rakhine state.

WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that the agency is planning a three-month operation in the area.

The UN refugee agency says it is scaling up its work to help those fleeing the violence that flared up last month.

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